Plot: Sweety is a young Punjabi girl who has to contend with her over-enthusiastic traditional family that wants to get her married to a young writer who is smitten by her. However, Sweety harbours a secret close to her heart; she is a lesbian in love with another, and ultimately fears... Read more

Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga - Movie Reviews

Sonam, Anil Kapoor's Film Is A Whiff Of Fresh Air With Daring Vision And Entertainment

A pretty girl is in trouble when she bumps into a young man who rescues her. Or does he? As in all love stories, he chases her down to a small town in Punjab. Will her secret destroy her family, or will she be accepted for who she is? Charming but superficial film about gender identity.

“Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga,” directed by Shelly Chopra Dhar, isn’t really a romantic comedy in the Bollywood sense — courting, squabbling, wedding. (Though there is a very on-brand song montage with Sweety and Kuhu hugging among ruins.) Instead, like Sahil’s musical, “Ek Ladki” has to give lessons, tackling topics like shame, community acceptance and anxieties about gayness as illness.

As Sweety says in regards to her play, it’s important for marginalized people to see empathetic representations of themselves in pop culture. To quote Sweety, “You want to fit me into your idea of normal. But this is my normal.”